Augusta
Masculine · “venerable”
Augusta is given to both — 1,693 boys and 16,588 girls since 1880. See Augusta as a girl nameSee other names given to both
The first emperor's wife was given this title in his will. Livia had been his consort for half a century when he died; the will adopted her into his own family and granted her the name he had made into a title, so that she left his funeral called something she had not been called at his bedside.
How old is the name Augusta?
Augusta was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Augusta alive today was born around 1939, making them about 86 years old. About 700 people named Augusta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Augusta most popular?
Augusta peaked in 1901, reaching #559 nationally. See the whole 1901 chart.
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Where it comes from
From augustus to Augusta
The story of Augusta
The title founded a whole line of city names across the empire. Turin was Augusta Taurinorum, Mérida in Spain was Augusta Emerita, Trier on the Moselle was Augusta Treverorum, and Augsburg in Bavaria still carries it in the first syllable of its name. Founding a colony and naming it after the emperor was ordinary imperial practice, and the result is that a woman's name in an American classroom is the same word as four European cities, two of which are still capitals of something.
Meaning
venerable, worthy of honor
A Latin adjective connected to augury and to increase, taken as a title before it was ever a name. The sense is not disputed.
How the name formed
- augustus
- Augusta
Related forms: Auguste · Augusta · Augustyna
Pronouncing Augusta
aw-GUS-tuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. German and Italian put it in the same place, which makes the name unusually stable across languages.
Nicknames for Augusta
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 191940 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #559reached in 1901
- Change vs 2018
- 0.0%6 in 2020, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Augusta in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Auguste in German — same name
- Augusta in Italian — same name
- Augustyna in Polish — related form
Augustas among us
people named Augusta are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Augusta sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is a genuine Roman name with a documented history behind it.
- Gus and Gussie sit inside it with very different registers.
- It is formal and dignified without being difficult.
- It is firmly of a much older generation and reads that way.
- The record holds boys as well, and the boy is much the smaller side.
- It shares its spelling with several cities and a golf tournament.
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Frequently asked
- How many Augustas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Augusta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Augusta in 2025?
- Augusta is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Augusta with classmates?
- Augusta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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